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Book bonanza
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 24/03/2025
» Thailand's biggest celebration of books is set to return in full force this month, promising readers, writers, and publishers an unforgettable literary experience. The 53rd National Book Fair and the 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair will take place from Thursday to April 7 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, where more than one million books will sprawl across a vast exhibition area of over 20,000m². This year's edition runs under the theme "Y Yak [Giant], Read Big", reflecting both the size and significance of what has become a landmark event in Thailand's cultural calendar.
Book your place
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 08/11/2019
» Celebrated local and international authors will be in Bangkok for a series of talks, panel discussions and poetry readings as part of the Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival, held to mark the 150th anniversary of Neilson Hays Library on Nov 16 and 17.
Book a date
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 07/06/2021
» With a degree in English literature under his belt, John Brown never expected to become a businessman, let alone the CEO of one of the largest travel booking platforms in Asia, Agoda.
Marriage by the book
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Kinnari Ba remarked during a motivational lecture she gave last July that she would prefer her father gifting books equal to her weight in dowry, instead of gold and silver, it was a spur-of-the-moment pronouncement.
Politics by the book
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/05/2019
» The Indian election that concluded yesterday -- the results of the six-week voting marathon will be announced on Thursday -- has been fought as much on the ground as in the literary space. Publishers have launched dozens of books on politics and elections since January.
PM endorses economist's book
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/11/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has recommended Capital in the Twenty-First Century by French economist Thomas Piketty, which is available in Thai as well as in English.
Better, in my book
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2023
» Re: "Reading a relationship", (BP, Feb 18). If former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agrees now to the offer of becoming a party-list member of the Democrat Party, he would be seen as lacking in principle.
A bargain in anyone's book
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 17/04/2020
» They say hard times always reveal true distinction. It's the case here with Chan & Yupa Tearoom, a lovely-looking bistro I often drove past and unfairly overlooked as a visit-worthy dining destination.
Trump rages against bombshell book
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump flooded the Fox News airwaves and launched a Twitter rant Thursday in an attempt to ride out damage from interviews he gave to journalist Bob Woodward in the bombshell new book "Rage."